| By the glinting of the sun I saw a pistol in his hand
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| Looked into the eyes of the man I love
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| Convinced that I had cheated, he had come to take my life
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| I found myself pleading to the skies above
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| His fingers they were trembling
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| His eyes were full of tears
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| I could smell the whiskey on his breath
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| How could I take a bullet for something I ain’t done
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| How could this be the hour of my death
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| «Oh, I never would step out on you
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| Now what you heard, it just ain’t true
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| Baby, don’t do something you’ll regret.»
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| He said, «Your words are sweet,
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| But I ain’t persuaded yet.»
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| «I know the girl who told you that I have been untrue
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| There’s only one who’d like to see me dead
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| She’d sacrifice me gladly, she’d tell you any lie
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| She only wants to get you in her bed»
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| «Oh, I never would step out on you
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| What you heard, it just ain’t true
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| Baby, don’t do something you’ll regret.»
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| He said, «Your words are sweet,
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| But I ain’t persuaded yet.»
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| How I long, how I long, how I long to be a single girl again
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| How I long, how I long, how I long to be a single girl again
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| How I long, how I long, how I long to be a single girl again
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| How I long, how I long, how I long to be a single girl again
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| Oh, oh, oh…
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| The tears, they blocked his vision
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| He turned to wipe his eyes
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| I saw my chance; |
| I turned around and fled
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| Out the door and down the street
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| Branches clinging to my feet
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| Bullets whizzing all around my head
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| «Oh no, I never would step out on you, baby
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| What you heard, it just ain’t true»,
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| Said, «Baby, don’t do something you’ll regret.»
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| He said, «Your words are sweet,
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| But I ain’t persuaded yet.» |